Finding humor in challenging situations can greatly enhance resilience, enabling individuals to better manage feelings of anger. Different types of humor yield varying impacts on emotional responses; self-enhancing humor can effectively reduce anger, while maladaptive humor is linked to greater external expressions of anger. The physiological benefits of humor include hormonal shifts that promote joy and pleasure, also aiding cognitive reframing of stressful events. Learning to incorporate humor into life can serve as a powerful tool for emotional regulation and resilience.
A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It is jolted by every pebble on the road.
The ability to find humor during challenging situations reflects one aspect of resilience for effectively responding to such experiences.
Self-enhancing humor has been found to be associated with a higher ability to reduce angry feelings and to avoid the external expression of anger.
Humor is also associated with a shift in thoughts, a cognitive evaluation of a potentially triggering event.
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